Floor or wall ground



Oct. 16, 1923. 1,470,797 I T. W. BAKER FLOOR OR WALL GROUND Filed Sept. 15 1922 1. fiazrzaza" maii I 1 1 7 W; i ATTORNEY Patented @ctlti, i923.

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Application filed September 15, 1922. Serial No. 588,500.

T 0 aZZ 207mm it flirty/concern l i Beit known that'I, THOMAS T. BAKnn, a citizen of the United States, and ares1- dent'o'f Lewiston, in the county of Nez Perce and State of Idaho, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Floor or eliminating the difficulties and disadvan tages incident to the use of what are com monly known as spot grounds or individual ground blocks mounted in a row. p

A further and more specific obyect or th usual problems of aligning, spacing and locating of the grounds as regards to theirde sired position upon a wall or greatly simplifiedg 1 Another object of. the invention is to provide a ground susceptible to the use of spaced ground rails and wherein the anchoring elements tor said rails will save the ad' ditional function of the members between the rails maintaining the spacing of the rails f uniform.

And the invention has, as a still further object, to provide aground which will be inexpensive as well as easily assembledand which will be eminentlyadopted. for general use in connection with tile, cement, brick or other similar walls or floors. V

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description, considered in connection with the accompanyingLdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation showing my improved ground in position upon a conventional wall and illustrating the manner in which the ground is bonded to the wall? Fig. view on the line 2- 2 of Fig. the direction of the arrows Fig.3 is a rear perspective view ofthe ground; and, V p i F'g. & is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the use of a single ground rail.

In carrying the invention into eflect, llv

employ spaced companion ground rails 10, which are preferably of wood. These rails are straight and may, of course, be of any approved length or cross sectional dimen- 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional 1, looking 1nsions. f Secured to the ground rails areanchoring elements 11 extending transversely; with respect to, said rails at such substan-, tiallyrightv angles thereto. h m The anchoring elements may be formed 7 from strips of expanded metal, metal lath, wire mesh or the like,butin any eventwill bereticulate. As will beperceived, said elements-are thus capable of being formed from scrap metal lath or material otherwise .discarded as waste Seeurin'gthe anchoring elements to the ground rails are staples or other approved fastening devices 12, at least a pair or" staples being driven in spaced 7 Q m j relation through said elements into the rails,

locking the ground elements against pivoted, invention is toprovidea ground wherein the.

movements so that said elements will. thus tend tohold the rails. 10 against endwise,

movement with respect to each; other. The 7 ent instancel have shownthe use of-a man mum oftwo railsf However, it is to beun- 1 derstood that any approved number of rails may of course be employed, the rails being all connected in spaced parallel relation by the anchoring elements and in this connectron, attention is directed to the fact that said elements are of a length to project at their ends beyond the rails. Any approved number ofanchoring elements may be employed, depending upon the load to be care ried thereby, while. the spacing of said ele-' ments may bev similarly varied, but preferably the anchoring elements will be arranged in parallelvertical relation.

In Figs 1 and 2 of the drawing, I have shown the manner in" which the ground is applied, the ground being illustrated in con-- nection with a convention wall W typifying atile, cement, brick or other similar struc 'ture. The ground is first positioned against the. wall so that the anchoring elements lie flat 'thereagainst. A quick setting plastic bond 13, suchas plaster of Paris, is applied overeach end of the anchoring elements be- 3 tween the ground rails, the bonding material being pressed through the interstices of the v anchoring elements into firm engagement with the wall and held securely and-firmly by a straightedge. The bonds will thus,

upon hardening, securely andfirmly connect the ground to the wall so that the ground rails will be rigidly sustained to lie flush Y with the plaster when applied. accordingly a mold board, finishing strip or'fralne member may be readily nailed to the ground rails to be rigidly mounted thereby;

Attention is now directed to the fact that by employing continuous ground rails of conslderable length, a level may, when ap- )l in the round be Jositioned a ainst one b b 7 b of the rails for easily" locating the ground in either horizontal or vertical position Moreover, the" rails each provide an 11.1- broken nail securing surfac e'so that no restriction as to location of nails or location of joints between the meeting ends of memhere being applied to the rails will be encountered. while the difficulties and loss of tween the rails'will serve to prevent bulging of the anchoring elements away from the wall while at the same time co-operating with the bonds at the ends of said elements to support the weight thereon.

In'Fig. 4 of the drawings I have illus .trated a slightly difierent embodiment of the invention wherein a Single rail 14 is V employed. This rail corresponds to the rail 10, as previously described, and stapled or otherwise fastened to the rail 14; at suitably this latter embodiment of the invention is identical with the embodiment first considered and is, of course, mounted in a similar manner, plastic bonds being applied over the projecting ends of the anchoring elements for securing the ground in position.

It is .to be understood that the form of my invention, herein shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjo-ined claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure'and protectby Letters Patent of the United States, 1s:

A floor or wall ground including spaced rails, a plurality of spaced reticulate anchoring elements for the rails extending trans-- versely across said rails and supporting the rails in spaced relation and plastic bonds pressed through the ends of said elements and through the intermediate portions thereof between the rails.

THOMAS w. BAKER. 

